<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 4 Feb 2021, at 6:36 am, Ingo Debus <<a href="mailto:igg.debus@gmail.com" class="">igg.debus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I believe the idea of tap tempo (opposed to adjusting the tempo with a knob) is, that it’s easier to follow „human“ (i. e. varying) tempo.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ableton Live has a tap tempo button, to adjust the tempo of the DAW to the piece being auditioned. It also has two “phase nudge” buttons that “temporarily speed up or slow down Live’s playback” to allow tempo matching. I believe this is to replicate a DJs approach where a vinyl record’s speed can be subtly adjusted on the fly for beat matching.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A</div></body></html>